Tag Archives: Gold

A gold rush of sorts could be on the horizon as a result of the stand-off between US president Donald Trump and North Korea, according to Ned Naylor-Leyland, manager, Old Mutual Gold & Silver at Old Mutual Global Investors. Across the last few weeks gold and silver prices have, according to OMGI research data, seen a jump as […]

Physical gold sales have increased 68% in the last week at investment firm The Pure Gold Company in the run-up to tomorrows’ UK general election, as current British prime minister Theresa May’s lead has narrowed. Concerns regarding cyber attacks, further terrorist attacks following the recent atrocities in Manchester and in London and the market uncertainty surrounding the […]

Investment research specialists FundCalibre has published its list of top performing ‘Elite Funds’ with gold and international funds leading the way. In terms of top performing FundCalibre ‘Elite Funds’ in 2016, it was perhaps no surprise that gold featured high on the list with the BlackRock Gold & General fund finishing first, with, according to Fund Calibre […]

ETF provider Source has reported a sharp increase in demand for physical gold, with the group’s Physical Gold ETC reporting US$500m (€458.7m) in inflows in the week preceding the US presidential elections alone. Chris Mellor, executive director, Equities Product Management at Source, comments on the trend: “Markets may have been wrong-footed by Donald Trump’s victory […]

Schroders’ commodities team has launched its first gold equities fund. The fund, called Schroder ISF Global Gold, will actively invest in global gold and other precious metals equities in a Ucits framework, allowing both institutional and intermediary investors exposure to gold at an interesting time for the precious metal. It has the flexibility to invest across other precious metal stocks, such […]

Global investors are significantly more positive on the outlook for Europe after the European Central Bank’s announcement of quantitative easing to reflate the region’s economy, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for February. Europe’s profit outlook is at its best since 2009, according to panel members. A net 81% of regional specialists […]

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